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Brownston is a hamlet in Devon, England. It is located within Modbury Parish. Its church (dedicated to St John the Baptist) is now a private home and was built in 1844. There is also a converted Wesleyan chapel. Several of the farmhouses in Brownston are grade II listed.
Modbury is a large village, ecclesiastical parish, civil parish and former manor situated in the South Hams district of the county of Devon in England. Today due to its large size it is generally referred to as a "town" although the parish council has not elected to give itself the status of a town as it could do under s.245(6) of the Local Government Act 1972, [2] so it does not have a town ...
Membland is an historic estate in the parish of Newton and Noss, Devon, situated about 8 miles south-east of the centre of Plymouth. The estate was purchased in about 1877 by Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897), senior partner of Barings Bank , who rebuilt the mansion house known as Membland Hall .
Whympston Farm, 1 mile SE of Modbury, Devon, that once belonged to the Fortescue family Sign at entrance to Whympston Farm Map showing some of the historic properties of the Fortescue family in South Devon Entrance to Whympston Farm. Whympston [1] in the parish of Modbury in Devon, England, was a historic manor that belonged to the Fortescue ...
Pages in category "Country houses in Devon" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. A la Ronde;
Sir John Prideaux (fl. 1433) of Adeston [11] in the parish of Holbeton and of Orcheton in the parish of Modbury, Devon married Amey (or Maude) French, heiress of Sharpham. . Her daughter and heiress was Joane Prideaux, who married firstly to William Drewe, secondly to Baldwin Acland of Acland, Landkey, Devon, ancestor of the Acland Baron
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists ORCARTONE as the 65th of the 79 Devonshire holdings [1] of Robert, Count of Mortain, uterine half-brother of King William the Conqueror.Robert's tenant was Reginald de Vautort (died post 1121), 1st feudal barony of Trematon [2] in Cornwall, one of his major followers, who held from Robert numerous manors in Devon and Cornwall, including the manor of Modbury. [3]
Flete (anciently Flete Damarell) in the parish of Holbeton in Devon is an historic manor.In 1810 it was called "one of the finest estates in the county of Devon". [1] The present manor house known as Flete House was built in the 19th century incorporating some elements of an earlier Tudor house on the site.